Cancer Disparities Cervical Cancer Control Research in Vietnamese American Communities
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چکیده
1. Cancer Prevention Program, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 2. Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 3. Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 4. Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
منابع مشابه
Cervical cancer control research in Vietnamese American communities.
Census data show that the U.S. Vietnamese population now exceeds 1,250,000. Cervical cancer among Vietnamese American women has been identified as an important health disparity. Available data indicate the cervical cancer disparity may be due to low Papanicolaou (Pap) testing rates rather than variations in human papillomavirus infection rates and/or types. The cervical cancer incidence rates a...
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